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Aware Super expands European footprint

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025

... and the current platform represents a strong base from which to expand the business across Europe. "The strong performance of the business since we first acquired a stake in 2020 gives us great confidence in its future, and we are confident this investment ...

Most Hostplus options achieve double-digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025

... chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said the results came down to continued growth in equities and the decent performance of unlisted investments. "Hostplus' investment performance, in the context of this year's investment market uncertainty, has served ...

Gold ETFs outshine large caps: Research

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025

... shows BetaShares' Global Gold Miners ETF (Hedged), which is backed by physical gold bullion and aims to track the performance of the price of gold, made 43.8% p.a. Global X's Physical Gold returned 43.7% p.a. Another BetaShares product - the Gold ...

HESTA returns 10.18% to members

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025

... MySuper Balanced Growth option has delivered 10.18% for the 2024/25 financial year, with the fund crediting the performance of listed equities and prudent management of market volatility for the result. The outcome represents the third consecutive year ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025

... need for more detailed retirement product information to help foster greater competition and innovation." "The performance of retirement products is vital to the retirement incomes received by Australians. The new data increases transparency regarding ...

Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025

New research shows that boutique fund managers count their independence, specialist strategies and ability to align interests with clients as their main competitive advantage and what helps them earn the "boutique premium" over bigger players. The survey ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025

... Australian listed equity, international listed equity, and private equity (internal rate of return). It found the performance of each returned 8.3% p.a., 12.1% p.a., and 14.7% p.a. respectively in the five years to 30 September 2024. "Over the long-term ...

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025

... to 8.1%. ASIC said the use of "superseded and inaccurate data" gave consumers "the impression that the average performance of the option over the past 10 years was better than it was." The information was provided via the Super Savings Product Dashboard ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025

... offerings, estimated this would translate to an average uplift of $3200 per MySuper account holder. Russell compared the performance of its age-based MySuper solution, GoalTracker, to the superannuation industry's MySuper options, using Chant West data ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025

... of that." Hannah agreed, saying while there is a place for active management, the fees in the space outweigh the performance of the product when there are plenty of alternatives available. "Active management is not dead. There is absolutely a case for ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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